Title
A benchmark suite for evaluating configurable computing systems—status, reflections, and future directions
Abstract
This paper presents a benchmark suite for evaluating a configurable computing system's infrastructure, both tools and architecture. A novel aspect of this work is the use of stressmarks, benchmarks that focus on a specific characteristic or property of interest. This is in contrast to traditional approaches that utilize functional benchmarks, benchmarks that emphasize measuring end-to-end execution time. This suite can be used to assess a broad range of configurable computing systems, including single configurable devices, multiple configurable devices, and mixed architectures, such as fixed-plus-variable devices and hybrid systems. In addition, aspects that are particularly relevant to the domain of configurable computing, such as run-time reconfiguration and variable precision arithmetic, are considered. The paper provides an overview of the benchmark suite, presents some implementation results on an Annapolis Micro Systems WILDFORCE board, reflects on the benchmark suite developed, and briefly describes future work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1145/329166.329193
FPGA
Keywords
Field
DocType
functional benchmarks,configurable computing systems,configurable computing,future direction,stressmarks,specifications,methodology,configurable computing system,single configurable device,future work,benchmarks,multiple configurable device,benchmark suite,broad range,adaptive computing ssytems,end-to-end execution time,annapolis micro systems wildforce,hybrid system
Architecture,Computer architecture,Suite,Computer science,Parallel computing,Variable precision,Real-time computing,Execution time,Hybrid system,Computing systems,Control reconfiguration
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-193-3
25
2.74
References 
Authors
18
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sushil Kumar151054.39
L. Pires2252.74
S. Ponnuswamy3252.74
C. Nanavati4252.74
J. Golusky5263.29
M. Vojta6252.74
S. Wadi7263.29
D. Pandalai8263.29
H. Spaanenberg9252.74